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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is she concerned about Harry?
(a) Harry has fallen from a tree
(b) Harry is on the roof and can't get down
(c) He is late returning home from working at The Rise
(d) Harry has run away from home

2. Because the moon looks so strange to Ransom, what does he think?
(a) He thinks he's asleep and dreaming
(b) He thinks Weston must have hypnotized him
(c) He thinks it must be a harvest moon
(d) He wonders if the drug he was given in his drink has affected his vision

3. To whom do Devine and Ransom plan to deliver Ransom?
(a) The king of the planet
(b) An evil wizard
(c) A sorn
(d) The elidil

4. Ransom strips off his clothes because:
(a) he wants a uniform to show his authority
(b) he is going to take a shower
(c) there is a bug crawling down his shirt
(d) the heat is intense

5. Who is Oyarsa?
(a) The head teacher in the village
(b) The head of the sorn
(c) The ruler of the planet
(d) Their military leader

6. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(b) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(c) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(d) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise

7. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?
(a) He relaxes and quickly falls asleep
(b) He pulls out his knife and digs in the soil
(c) He takes a drink of water
(d) He hides behind a large tree

8. Why does Ransom think about suicide?
(a) He figures he could mess up Devine's plan if he was dead
(b) He is depressed
(c) He thinks it would be better than death at the hand of some terrible beast
(d) He's very home sick and fears he'll never see earth again

9. When Ransom looks around after landing he notices the ship is sitting on:
(a) in a meadow of wild flowers
(b) in the middle of a busy city
(c) a penisula or island surrounded by blue water
(d) the top of a mountain

10. The name of the place where the simple-minded boy is being held and which Ransom finds to be an uninviting place:
(a) Jackson Hallows
(b) Barren Heights
(c) The Rise
(d) The Eyrie

11. What are the waves on the water like?
(a) Gentle and rolling
(b) The waves, like everything on the planet, are high and sharp
(c) There are no waves, the water is still
(d) Fast and high

12. How does Ransom spend his time during the next few weeks?
(a) Exercising with weights
(b) Playing cribbage with Devine
(c) Looking at the amazing sights from his skylight and listening to the tinkling of tiny meteors on the hull of the ship
(d) Learning how to run the ship

13. When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening?
(a) His fear becomes almost invigorating to him
(b) As if life has completely changed for him
(c) That his death is imminent
(d) Disoriented and groggy

14. What does Ransom do when he finally stops for a moment?
(a) Ptrips off his shirt and pants and bathes in a stream
(b) Sits down and begins to cry
(c) Sits down beside a stream of warm water
(d) Picks up some berries that might be edible

15. What does he see following behind the herd of creatures?
(a) A stalking lion looking animal
(b) A human like person with a shepard's crook
(c) A sorn
(d) Weston

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ransom see among the trees?

2. How does Devine control Ransom when they leave the ship?

3. How does he deal with his thirst?

4. What does Ransom overhear Devine and Weston discussing?

5. Weston believes that Ransom is incapable of what?

(see the answer keys)

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